All veterans, active-duty personnel, family members, researchers, students and historians from all Nations can permanently display military, wartime or current photos. Free access software can be distributed to friends and family.

It is FREE to install ONE digitized (.jpg, .gif, .cmp, .bmp or .tif) photo (not larger than 150,000 bytes) of any person. (Military First Family's may install multiple photos at no cost.) There is NO LIMIT on the number of different people you may install one photo of. )

The Museum can be accessed 24 hours a day, everyday, through any internet connection (including dial-up internet service such AOL or Compuserve.) Complete instructions on how to quickly and easily install the free Museum software describes, step-by-step, how to access The Museum in minutes. Nothing could be easier.

Requirements:

Any version of Microsoft Windows

Any Internet ProviderAll you need to know to run the software is in the instructions.

One, G.I. Museum photos are secure. Unlike photos accessible on the Web by Netscape, Explorer or other webrowsers, Museum photos cannot be downloaded or defaced by disreputable individuals or agencies who use web-based photos for disrespectful reasons. The Museum was established as a non-web utility because it is one of the most secure platforms on the internet that cannot be hacked or its data and photos corrupted.

Two, the average lifespan of a personal webpage -- where most veterans and family members display their photos -- is about eight months. That means, once you cancel or change your internet account your photos disappear. Photos installed in the American G.I. Photograph Museum are permanently accessible by you and and immediately available to agencies such as the National Archives, The Center for Military History, The Naval Institute, The National Park and Memorial Service, The Smithsonian Institute and other agencies that preserve our military history.